RyanWelcome!
While here in south Florida Mother Nature does not provide us with the same visible signs of the seasons changing like many places up north, we are blessed to mark the season change with the arrival of many of our seasonal residents. Here at St. Paul’s,
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RyanWelcome!
This weekend we welcome Fr. Kevin Goodrich, O.P. as our guest preacher! Fr. Kevin is a traveling preacher, spirituality teacher, and pastor. He is a member of the Anglican Order of Preachers (aka Dominicans), one of the many religious orders in the Episcopal Church and wider Anglican Communion.
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RyanWelcome!
This Sunday at our 10 am service, we will commission two new Stephen Ministers! Gloria Mellios and Joe Ryan have completed an 18-week course of training that has prepared them to provide quality, confidential, Christ-centered care to those who are experiencing a crisis or going through a tough time.
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RyanWelcome!
This Sunday at our 10 am service, our adult Chancel Choir will be joined by our Jubilate Youth Choir. Like our Chancel Choir, our Jubilate Youth Choir is affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music. The children in this choir participate in the “Voices for Life” curriculum,
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RyanWelcome!
This Sunday begins a new year of “God Talks” for our Youth Ministry. God Talks are youth conversations about the joys and challenges experienced by our young people in the context of their daily life, seen through the lens of faith. Facilitating these conversations are our Youth Ministry team members: Autumn and Mike Mrezcko,
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RyanWelcome!
As I write this letter, the search and rescue effort in the Bahamas continues, as does the effort to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to the people who suffered the catastrophic devastation of Hurricane Dorian. I am humbled by the incredible generosity of our congregation in responding to what has become a grave humanitarian crisis in the Bahamas.
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RyanWelcome!
This Sunday we begin our new year of Sunday School! As part of this new beginning, we will bless our Sunday School children, teachers, and volunteers at the 10 am service.
Our innovative Sunday School program includes lessons that are based on the scriptures read at the Sunday service.
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RyanWelcome!
Did you know that Palm Beach County has the fifth highest median household income out of the 67 counties in the state of Florida? Living in such a relatively wealthy county, we may be tempted to think that hunger is not a problem. The truth is that there are many people living in Palm Beach County who suffer from hunger and food insecurity.
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RyanWelcome!
This Monday, August 12th, our campus here at St. Paul’s will once again buzz with the pitter patter of little feet as the new school year begins! Both our Day School and our Paul’s Place afterschool program will begin school year 2019-20. To help get our children and teachers off on the right foot for the new school year,
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RyanWelcome to summer at St. Paul’s!
Believe it or not, our Day School and Paul’s Place afterschool program begin the new school year a week from Monday, on August 12th! Our Children, Youth, and Family Ministry is busy preparing for lots of fun back-to-school events to kick off the new school year.
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RyanWelcome to summer at St. Paul’s!
Irene and I are happy to be back, renewed and refreshed after a couple weeks of vacation!
As many of you know, our beloved Barbara Clifford, who is our full-time volunteer administrative specialist in the church office, recently suffered a stroke.
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RyanWelcome to summer at St. Paul’s!
This summer at St. Paul’s we are offering a little bit of all the basics –opportunities for worship, study and service for all ages! Check out the opportunities at the back of this bulletin…
And, did you know?
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RyanWelcome to St. Paul’s!
Where ever you are coming from, you are welcome here! St. Paul’s in the summer is a wonderful place to worship, study and serve. Our worship services are each a bit different…but the same liturgy, scripture and sermon. Have you considered trying another service time once or twice over the summer?
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RyanWelcome and Happy Independence Day Weekend!
As we celebrate our nation’s 243rd birthday, we thank God for the gifts of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness with which we have been blessed. I hope that you are finding this summer season to be a blessing.
While the pace of our common life has slowed a bit,
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RyanWelcome!
Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
I write this week’s bulletin letter with a heavy heart. On Monday, the Reverend Tom Graf, our beloved honorary assistant priest, died after a long struggle with cancer.
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RyanWelcome!
Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
Summer is here! For many, “summer” begins the minute the school year ends. For others, summer begins when the temperature first reaches 90 degrees. Or,
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RyanWelcome!
Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
This weekend we celebrate the gift of fatherhood. In doing so, we give God thanks for all those men in our lives who nurtured and encouraged us along the journey of life.
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RyanCome, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth!
Welcome! Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor,
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RyanJesus Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
Welcome! Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
As I write this letter, I have just returned from our Day School graduation, definitely one of my favorite events of the year!
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RyanJesus Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
Welcome! Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
This Memorial Day weekend, in a special way, we pray for and honor our servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for love of country.
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RyanJesus Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
Welcome! Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
This Sunday we honor our Jubilate Youth Choir, who will be singing at the 10 am service.
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RyanJesus Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
Welcome! Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
This weekend we honor two special groups of people and one special person.
As we honor mothers this weekend,
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RyanJesus Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!
Welcome! Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
This past Wednesday, some of us from St. Paul’s joined the wider community at a special Yom HaShoah Commemoration service hosted by Temple Sinai.
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RyanAlleluia, Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
We are in the Great 50 Days from Easter to Pentecost and we carry the Easter joy forward and into the world around us… and the world around us needs peace and grace. We pray for the people of Sri Lanka in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks.
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RyanWelcome!
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
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RyanWelcome!
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
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RyanWelcome!
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
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RyanThis weekend we celebrate the last Sunday in Epiphany. The Episcopal Church designates this weekend as World Mission Sunday, a time when the church comes together to focus on the global impact of our call to “seek and serve Christ in all persons” (Baptismal Covenant, BCP, p. 305). Here at St.
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RyanWelcome!
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
This weekend we celebrate the First Sunday of Lent.
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RyanWelcome!
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular
attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
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RyanWelcome!
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular
attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
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RyanWelcome!
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular
attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
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RyanWe are now in the midst of our 2019 Stewardship Pledge Drive. This annual drive is our opportunity to celebrate our blessings as we commit our financial resources to the work of God through the ministry of St. Paul’s. Like the guests at the wedding feast at Cana, we are witnesses to the transforming power of God’s grace poured out to us in Jesus Christ.
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RyanStewardship is the conviction that all good gifts come from God and are given to us in order to fulfill God’s purpose of transforming our world into a more loving, liberating, and life-giving place. For we who are members of the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, stewardship is a way of life.
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RyanMay the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever! Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us.
Today,
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RyanWelcome to St. Paul’s! If this is your first visit or your Sunday routine, please know that you are welcome to join in any of our activities and missions – and there are many to choose from! Please feel free to take this bulletin home with you – to remem-ber the scripture and music and check your calendar to participate in all this communi-ty has to offer.
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RyanAs I write this bulletin letter, we are just beginning to learn the extent of Hurri-cane Michael’s impact on the Florida panhandle and elsewhere. We know that at least two people died as a result of the storm, countless others were injured, and many peo-ple were left homeless by this devastating storm.
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RyanThis weekend we welcome back Fr. David Angelica, our seasonal assisting priest, who is back in south Florida after spending the summer in New England! Also this weekend, we celebrate one of our most special partners in grace, Family Promise of South Palm Beach County. Ever since we arrived in December of 2015,
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RyanMay the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Whether you are a member, a regular attendee, or a first-time visitor, we are blessed to have you with us. There was a special buzz around our parish campus this week.
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RyanIn Austin Texas, the General Convention is in full swing. Just search for the Media Hub of the General Convention (https://www.episcopalchurch.org/general-convention-2018-media-hub) for real time information and summaries of the actions. You may see the Episcopal Church in the news. On Sunday morning, July 8th, the Bishops United Against Gun Violence will march through the streets of Austin at 9:30am – prime church time.
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RyanThe 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church will take place in Austin, Texas from July 5 to 13, 2018. Once every three years, the governing body of our Church is convened and, when it is in session, it is one of the largest governing bodies in the world.
Our own Rev.
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RyanAs we settle into summer, which officially began this past Thursday, there is a lot happening at St. Paul’s. On Sunday afternoon at 5:00 pm, we will celebrate our first ever Yoga Mass in the parish hall. For several years, Christian Yoga has been a regular program offering here at St.
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RyanAt its best, the Church is a center of wellness, reaching out to the disenfranchised, the hurting, and the marginalized as a place where healing and hope can be found. With that in mind, I feel compelled to share the following article from Mental Health First Aid USA, a program of the National Council for Behavioral Health.
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RyanWow, we had an incredible Vacation Bible School (VBS) week here at St. Paul’s. At our Sunday 10 am service we welcome our children, families, and many dedicated volunteers of VBS 2018. Our theme this year was “Babylon: Daniel’s Courage in Captivity.” We learned that the source of Daniel’s courage was his faith that God was always with him.
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RyanThis past week, both our Day School and our Paul’s Place Afterschool program wrapped up school year 2017-18. On Friday morning, June 1, the children of our Day School enjoyed a lovely “graduation” ceremony. Our Pre-K 4 children will now venture into the joy of kindergarten and our Pre-K 3 children will prepare for another year of fun at St.
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RyanHow would you define God in one word? As Christians, we would say, “God is love.” So, love is a relationship, not a thing. Aha! God, then, is the relationship of love wherever it is found. So, the Trinity lives in all of us insofar as we love. Trinity is not some irrelevant,
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RyanThis weekend we celebrate Pentecost, traditionally considered the “birthday of the Church.” In celebrating Pentecost, we rejoice in the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out to us by our Resurrected Lord. At our 10 am service, our celebration of Pentecost will include the baptism of three children. We congratulate and offer our prayerful support to their parents and Godparents as these children begin their journey of faith as members of the Episcopal Church.
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RyanThis weekend we honor two special groups of people, mothers and members of the Class of 2018. In celebrating Mother’s Day, we honor and bless all those who have nurtured us with a mother’s love. We will pray for and bless all of our mothers, living and deceased. After our 8 am and 10 am services,
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RyanThis Sunday at our 10 am service we will celebrate Daughters of the King Sunday. We will welcome Mrs. Joy James Williams, Diocesan President of the Daughters of the King, and our chalice bearers, readers, and some of our ushers for the service will be Daughters from our chapter here at St.
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RyanThis weekend we welcome the Rev. Dr. Patricia “Patsy” McGregor! Together with her husband Bishop Todd, Rev. Patsy has served as an Anglican missioner in East Africa since 1991. She will preach at all of our services, sharing with us the remarkable ministry of the Anglican Church among the people of Madagascar and other neighboring communities.
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